{
  "place_id": "petrove#7685_11848",
  "wikidata": "Q1026907",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Петрове",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Petrove",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019. Also identical to BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965). Also identical to ISO 9:1995 character transliteration. Also identical to ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table).",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Petrovo",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Петрове",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Petrove",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Petrovo",
          "why": "Russian-based alternative explicitly given in the French locality reference; retained for older French-source matching."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Petrove is a settlement on the Inhulets River in Kirovohrad Oblast. It serves an agricultural district near the iron-ore mining area around Kryvyi Rih.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrove ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrove_(oblast_de_Kirovohrad) ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Петрове_(селище) ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Пэтровэ_(Алэксандрыйскі_раён) ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrove.",
  "rank": 1316,
  "slug": "petrove"
}